South Africa & Cameroon in semi-finals
South Africa thumped Egypt on Friday to
reach the women's Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals, alongside Cameroon.
BanyanaBanyana's 5-0 victory made them
runners-up to Group A winners Cameroon, who beat Zimbabwe 2-0 also on Friday.
AndisiweMgcoyi
hit the opener - South Africa's first goal of the finals - with
NothhandoVilakazi, Refiloe Jane, Jermaine Seoposenwe and Linda Motlhalo also on
target in an impressive win.
Cameroon's victory came courtesy of a brace
by Michelle HenrietteAkaba.
The
Indomitable Lionesses - hosts of the tournament - went into the game assured of
their place in the last four and were comfortable against Zimbabwe as they kept
up a 100% winning record.
In
contrast, South Africa knew only a win would take them above Egypt, who started
the match in second place with a two-point cushion over their opponents.
Banyana
totally dominated the first half in terms of possession and territory and got
their reward on 28 minutes when Mgcoyi scuffed home.
They
continued to press after the break and on the hour mark scored twice in quick
succession, Vilakazi cutting in from the right to slot in and then Jane
finishing off a rebound to make it 3-0.
Seoposenwe
added another with a powerful shot and Motlhalo completed the rout with a fine
solo effort, dribbling round several defenders before finishing in style from
the edge of the area.
Cameroon
will stay in Yaounde to play the runners-up from Group B, which will be decided
on Saturday - Nigeria, Ghana and Mali are all in contention. South Africa will
stay in Limbe to play the winners of the group.
Both
semi-finals are on Tuesday 29 November.
Pic
AndisiweMgcoyi scuffed in the opener for
South Africa on 28 minutes
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